Thousands of the eager and idealistic, environmentally-concerned, saving the planet-types....
...off to save somewhere else now!
...off to save somewhere else now!
Corbyn supporters at Glastonbury
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Is that bloke in the picture supposed to be picking it up?
Or is it Himmy - and his friends?
Or is it Himmy - and his friends?
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The organisers of festivals give the tidy up crew free admission and it gets cleared pretty quickly
A lot of people leave stuff behind because it's so cheap and charities gather the stuff to sell, or pack tents to give to the Red Cross
A lot of people leave stuff behind because it's so cheap and charities gather the stuff to sell, or pack tents to give to the Red Cross
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How much is a ticket to get in there?
Not many hippies at Glasto these days.Thousands of the eager and idealistic, environmentally-concerned, saving the planet-types....
...off to save somewhere else now!
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Indeed, they have big fences round there to keep the poor people out..
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Most popular beaches look like that every weekend in the summer. In my old hometown of Brighton the beach is a shocker in the morning. But then the magic fairies take it all away by about 6.30am.
Last time I went to glastonbury was in 1990 I think, and I don't think I'd like it so much now as it's very mainstream as well as expensive.
Last time I went to glastonbury was in 1990 I think, and I don't think I'd like it so much now as it's very mainstream as well as expensive.
We normally go to smaller festivals (up to about 10,000 capacity), and we never see litter issues anywhere near what you see at the larger events. At the camp site, they have areas where you leave your bags of waste, and they are collected and sorted off site at a MRF, at worst, you might have a small % going to landfill. I went to Leeds Festival in 2004, and the quantity of litter was incredible. You were wading through it in places.
In 2002 we camped at Leeds Festival, and when we packed up, we made sure our area was clear of litter. It was like a tidy little oasis grass compared to the rest of the field.
The smaller events are far better, and I used to know one the litter picking organisers. He had a team of pickers who would systemically go around every inch of ground multiple times to clear a site, even at our smaller sites. And he would inspect their work at every stage.
There are still thoughtless people at these events of course, but they are more the exception than at other events.
As a side note: I saw a youtube vid of a chap who went around Glastonbury on a Monday evening, looking at the tents left behind, and many were in excellent condition, and worth a fair bit of cash. These do not go to landfill, I'm pretty sure of that.
In 2002 we camped at Leeds Festival, and when we packed up, we made sure our area was clear of litter. It was like a tidy little oasis grass compared to the rest of the field.
The smaller events are far better, and I used to know one the litter picking organisers. He had a team of pickers who would systemically go around every inch of ground multiple times to clear a site, even at our smaller sites. And he would inspect their work at every stage.
There are still thoughtless people at these events of course, but they are more the exception than at other events.
As a side note: I saw a youtube vid of a chap who went around Glastonbury on a Monday evening, looking at the tents left behind, and many were in excellent condition, and worth a fair bit of cash. These do not go to landfill, I'm pretty sure of that.
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You are allowed to be abusive, while you enjoy protected status.
Him again on his **** end while his missis does the work
By all means continue and I will continue to expose your lies, and ridicule your special protected status, you must need it.
Perhaps I should refer to you as **** end? One cannot complain about that as you use it regularly.
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This is pretty standard practice at substantial sporting events.
Some spectators find it easier and cheaper to leave their camping gear behind. Some tents are of the £30 two man variety. Some equipment has obviously not survived the event.
I suspect a regular arrangement exists so that charity providers, scrap metal merchants, etc are allowed to collect what they want, then the litter pickers make a clean sweep.
The 'camping' fields etc are utilised for animal grazing for the rest of the year, so a land owner would simply not allow 'litter' to remain.
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Well instead of saying that you will expose Transam's lies, why don't you expose them to us? ..... Maybe you can't and just like typing to no good reason?You are allowed to be abusive, while you enjoy protected status.
By all means continue and I will continue to expose your lies, and ridicule your special protected status, you must need it.
Perhaps I should refer to you as **** end? One cannot complain about that as you use it regularly.
